Published In:
Sylloge Plantarum Novarum 1: 140–142. 1824. ( Syll. Pl. Nov.) 
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(Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
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Acceptance
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Accepted
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(Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
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Type:
Type: Without locality, fide Cullen l.c. presumably near Ratisbon (Regensburg) Germany Wallroth s.n.(E!).
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Distribution:
Distribution: Worldwide but of Old World origin. Naturalized in America. In Pakistan it widely occurs from plains to 14000 ft.
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Map Location:
A-7 Chitral Dist.: 10 miles from Chitral on way to Booni, prostrate herb, flrs. pinkish, S.Abedin & M.Qaiser 8018 (KUH); B-6 Parachinar Dist.: Mula Valley Road S.M.A. Kazmi & K. Mohd 54079 (CLH-P); Dir Dist.: 8 miles from Lowari Top towards Dir, prostrate herb, flowers whitish pink, M.Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 1813 (KUH); 8 miles from Dir on way to Darosh, flowers pinkish, S.Abedin 7888 (KUH); Chitral Dist.: Near Air Port, Chitral, flowers pink, S.Abedin 8105 (KUH); Dir Dist.: Jogha Barrage, 20 miles from Dir on way to Tamirgrah, flowers pink, S.Abedin 81966 (KUH); Swat Dist.: 2 miles from Mingora on way to Kalam, flowers pink, S.Abedin 8228 (KUH); Shangla, flowers pink, S.Abedin 8310 (KUH); Kalam, S.A.Faruqi 64 (KUH); Pashmal, flowers pinkish, S.Abedin 8370 8371. Hazara Dist.: Kala Bagh, 2 miles from Nathiagali on way to Abbottabad, S.Abedin 7652,17661 (KUH); Kawai, Naran Road, flowers pinkish, S.Abedin & M.Qaiser 8732,8733 (KUH); 2 miles from Battakundi on way to Babusar. flowers pinkish, S.Abedin & M.Qaiser 8955 (KUH); Babusar village S.Abedin & M.Qaiser 9049 (KUH); Lalazar, along roadside, Nathiagali, Saida 206 (KUH); Shogran, 7700', flowers white, 29.6.1953 S.M.A.Kazmi s.n. (KUH); Kaghan, flowers pink, M.Qaiser & S.A. Faruqi 3259,3290 (KUH); Kewai, flowers pinkish white, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 5196 (KUH); 4 miles from Naran on way to Burawai, flowers whitish M.Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 5288 (KUH); 1 mile from Nathiagali on way to Murree, flowers pinkish-white, M.Qaiser & A. Ghafoor 2047 (KUH); Between Naran and Saifulmaluk, S.M.A. Kazmi 2272 (CLH-P); Mansgera (Kaghan), S.M.A. Kazmi 570 (CLH-P); B-8 Muzaffarabad Dist.: Dangian, flowers pinkish, S. Abedin & M. Qaiser 9267 (KUH); C-7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Murree Hills, S.M.H. Jafri 3053 (KUH); Murree Hills 29.8.1966 Saida s.n. (KUH); Murree, flowers pinkish, 7000 ft S.Abedin 2852-4, 2871, 7357-8, 7630-1 (KUH); D-4 Sibi Dist.: near Governor's House, Ziarat, M.Qaiser & S.A.Faruqi 2400 (KUH); Ziarat, flowers slightly purplish, S. Abedin 3266,3325,3333 (KUH); Quetta Dist.: Saryab Hills, S. Abedin 4534 (KUH); D-5 Zohb Dist. Fort Sandeman, M.Qaiser & A.Ghafoor 1586 (KUH); E-4 Kalat Dist.: Shahi Garden, Kalat, S.Abedin 7077,7078 (KUH); G-3 Bela Dist: Garden, Bela, growing in cultivated field, S.Abedin & A. Husain 5888 (KUH).
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Prostrate or decumbent, perennial, basally woody herb. Branches stellate pubescent, densely so on young parts. Leaves orbicular, deeply cordate at base, 1-3 (-4) cm long, 1-4(-6) cm broad, simple-stellate hairy above, stellate below, crenate, occasionally shallowly 5-lobed;stipules ovate-lanceolate,c.5mm long, c. 2 mm broad, scarious, margin ciliate; petiole 3-12 (-25) cm long, stellate; pubescent, dense so above, glabrescent below. Flowers axillary, generally 3 on 4 in fascicles, occasionally solitary, particularly on the lower branches; pedicel (0.5-) 1-3 cm long, stellate pubescent. Epicalyx segments linear to linear-lanceolate, stellate pubescent, 3-4 mm long, c.l mm broad. Calyx free to the middle, 5-8 mm long, stellate pubescent; lobes 3-5 mm broad, deltoid or triangular. Petals 10-13 mm long, 3-4 mm broad, oblong-obovate, retuse, claw hairy on the margin, purplish or pinkish. Stamina] column 5-7 mm long, pubescent. Fruit depressed, 5-6 mm across; mericarps 13-15, pubescent, smooth margin usually rounded, 1.5-2 mm across in all directions. Seed dark brown, pubescent, reniform, 1 mm long and broad.
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